Finger Eleven

Finger Eleven is a Burlington, Ontario-area alternative rock band that formed in 1994.

==Biography=

Finger Eleven is an alternative rock band that has earned a devoted Canadian following. Their first album, Letters From Chutney, was recorded under the name Rainbow Butt Monkeys, with money won from a rock band search contest on local radio.

They changed their name to Finger Eleven for their breakthrough Tip, released on Mercury Records in Canada in 1997 and re-released by Wind-Up Records in the United States in 1998. The name Finger Eleven comes from an earlier version of the song Thin Spirits from the album Tip. Lead singer, Scott Anderson explains: "when everything is pushing you in one direction and your instinct drives you in another--thatâ€™s finger eleven." This also marked a change in the band's sound. They were originally a funk and heavy metal influenced band on Letters From Chutney, but later changed to a post-grunge sound, and have since continued that.

Following the release of Tip, drummer Rob Gommerman left the band and was replaced by Rich Beddoe. In 2000 they released Th...